CAA Baseball Weekly Awards - May 18
Rob Washburn
CAA BASEBALL WEEKLY REPORT - MAY 18
RICHMOND, Va. (May 18, 2026) – Campbell senior infielder Joey Morton was selected as the CAA baseball Player of the Week, while Hofstra senior Carlos Martinez and Northeastern junior Robbie O’Connor shared CAA Pitcher of the Week honors. Charleston freshman outfielder Nick Diaz was chosen as the CAA Rookie of the Week.
CAA Baseball Player of the Week
Joey Morton, Campbell – Sr., IF – Oxford, Pa.
Morton batted .538 (7-13) with a double, four homers, six runs and eight RBI’s in Campbell’s three-game sweep at UNCW. The senior belted all four homers and drove in a career-high tying eight in Thursday’s 16-12 win, matching the most HR’s by any Division I player this season. He added a 2-for-4 effort with a double on Friday. Morton tops the CAA with 71 RBI’s and has 20 HR’s.
CAA Baseball Co-Pitcher of the Week
Carlos Martinez, Hofstra – Sr., RHP – College Point, N.Y.
In a critical game for Hofstra, Martinez scattered six hits over 8.1 scoreless innings and struck out seven in the Pride’s 4-0 victory over Stony Brook. The right-hander didn’t allow a runner past second base. It was the seventh straight game with at least 7 K’s for Martinez, who has allowed four earned runs over his last 23.2 frames.
CAA Baseball Co-Pitcher of the Week
Robbie O’Connor, Northeastern – Jr., RHP – Sudbury, Mass.
O’Connor fired a complete-game, three-hit shutout in Northeastern’s 7-0 win at Towson last Thursday. The right-hander, who struck out two, gave up just three singles and allowed one runner to get past second base. It was the third scoreless start in the past five outings for O’Connor, who improved to 9-1 on the season.
CAA Baseball Rookie of the Week
Nick Diaz, Charleston – Fr., OF – Parkland, Fla.
Diaz batted .467 (7-15) with two doubles, a homer, five runs scored and seven RBI’s in Charleston’s 3-1 week. The outfielder had multiple hits in three contests, highlighted by a 2-for-4 outing with a three-run homer and four RBI’s in a 12-2 win over William & Mary on Saturday to cap a three-game sweep.
CAA Baseball Players of the Week
Feb. 16 – Vince Fattore, Elon
Feb. 23 – Jamie Laskofski, William & Mary
March 2 – Jake Amman, Charleston
March 9 – Mason Hughes, UNCW and Chris Walsh, Monmouth
March 16 – Mason Hughes, UNCW
March 23 – Nick Lovarco, Monmouth
March 30 – Michael Brown, Hofstra and Trent Rumley, Campbell
April 6 – Brian Heckelman, Towson and Alex LaCoste, Charleston
April 13 – Harrison Feinberg, Northeastern
April 20 – Dylan Johnson, Charleston
April 27 – Jett Music, Campbell
May 4 – Joey Morton, Campbell
May 11 – Jett Music, Campbell
May 18 – Joey Morton, Campbell
CAA Baseball Pitchers of the Week
Feb. 16 – Lleyton Grubich, Campbell
Feb. 23 – Cooper Allen, UNCW
March 2 – Aidan Stieglitz, Elon
March 9 – Ryan Griffin, Northeastern
March 16 – Bromley Thornton, UNCW and Owen Winebarger, Elon
March 23 – Connor Marshburn, UNCW
March 30 – Cooper Allen, UNCW
April 6 – Ryan Griffin, Northeastern
April 13 – David Rossow, Campbell and Micah Worley, Stony Brook
April 20 – Cooper Allen, UNCW and Micah Worley, Stony Brook
April 27 – Connor Marshburn, UNCW
May 4 – Carson Bryant, Charleston
May 11 – Luc Rising, Northeastern and Kurt Rogers, Charleston
May 18 – Carlos Martinez, Hofstra and Robbie O’Connor, Northeastern
CAA Baseball Rookies of the Week
Feb. 16 – Sam Saucke, Monmouth
Feb. 23 – Matthew Kosuda, William & Mary
March 2 – Matthew Kosuda, William & Mary
March 9 – Carter Harrington, Charleston
March 16 – Carlos Lugo, Campbell
March 23 – Jett Humphreys, William & Mary
March 30 – Carlos Lugo, Campbell
April 6 – Nicholas Dromboski, Stony Brook
April 13 – Trey Williford, UNCW
April 20 – Tyler Harmony, Northeastern
April 27 – Matthew Kosuda, William & Mary and Carlos Lugo, Campbell
May 4 – Carlos Lugo, Campbell
May 11 – Trey Williford, UNCW
May 18 – Nick Diaz, Charleston
CONFERENCE NOTES
TOURNAMENT FIELD SET
The field is set for the 2026 CAA Baseball Championship, which gets underway on Wednesday at UNCW’s Brooks Field. Division champs Campbell and Northeastern earned the top two seeds and a first-round bye. Monmouth and Charleston will be the #3 and #4 seeds after second-place divisional finishes. Hofstra and UNCW earned the final two spots based on their RPI ratings.
CAMPBELL SETS CAA WINS RECORD
Campbell set a CAA record for conference wins in a season with 26 after sweeping its series at UNCW last week. The 26 wins tops the previous mark of 25 set by Northeastern (25-2) last year and UNCW (25-4-1) in 2008. The Camels captured nine of their 10 CAA series, including seven three-game sweeps.
UNCW MAKES IT 40 IN A ROW
UNCW extended its streak of qualifying for the CAA Baseball Championship to 40. The Seahawks, who have captured eight conference titles, are the only team to play in every conference tournament.
CHAMPS ARE BACK
Defending champion Northeastern is back in the tournament field after a dominant performance in 2025. The Huskies went 3-0 on their way to a second CAA title a year ago, outscoring their opponents, 26-7.
LOOKING FOR SECOND TITLE
Charleston is making its 12th straight trip to the CAA Tournament, but is looking to win the championship for the first time since 2014. Hofstra is also aiming for a second CAA title, having won its first in 2022. Campbell, making its second appearance, and Monmouth, making its first CAA Tournament outing, have never won a CAA title.
TOURNAMENT TICKETS ON SALE
Tickets for the 2026 CAA Baseball Championship are on sale now. A tournament pass that covers all games is available for $65 by visiting UNCWSports.com/buytickets.
STOLEN BASE LEADERS
The CAA has four of the top 27 teams in the nation in stolen bases - Northeastern is No. 1 in Division I (203), William & Mary is 5th (154), Campbell is 20th (128) and Stony Brook is 27th (122).
CAMPBELL CAMELS (39-15; 26-4 CAA)
• The Camels recorded their 7th CAA series sweep of the season, taking three games at UNCW.
• Joey Morton belted 4 HR’s and tied a career-high with 8 RBI’s in a 16-12 win on Thursday. He leads the CAA with 71 RBI’s and is 2nd with 20 HR’s.
• Jett Music hit .455 with 4 HR and 9 RBI’s at UNCW, going deep and driving in three in each game. He tops the CAA and is 13th nationally with 21 homers.
• Logan Chapman was 6-for-11 (.545) vs. UNCW and scored three runs. He raised his season average to .312.
• Owen Simmons earned his first save after giving up just one run over the final 4.0 innings in Friday’s 6-3 win.
CHARLESTON COUGARS (28-26; 18-12 CAA)
• The Cougars vaulted into 2nd in the South after a 3-game sweep of W&M. CofC went 8-1 in its last nine CAA games.
• Will Tippett had a huge week, batting .692 (9-13) with two doubles, two homers and eight RBI’s last week. He was 6-for-8 with 7 RBI’s vs. W&M.
• Alex Lyon set a CofC record with his 100th career pitching appearance on Saturday. Lyon allowed just one run over 7.1 innings in three outings last week.
• Freshman Nick Diaz hit .467 (7-15) with a homer and seven RBI’s last week. He drove in five in the W&M series.
• Carter Harrington held W&M to one run and fanned four over 5.0 innings on Thursday to earn his third win.
ELON PHOENIX (20-33; 10-20 CAA)
• The Phoenix won 10-3 at Queens before suffering 10-inning setbacks to Northern Kentucky and USC Upstate last week.
• Vince Fattore homered against Queens and NKU and tallied five RBI’s. He finished with a team-high with 8 HR’s.
• Brian DuRoff, who led Elon with a .315 average and 48 RBI’s, finished the year wth 19 doubles, which was the most by an Elon player since 2016.
• Cole Miller didn’t allow a hit in 3.0 scoreless innings of relief vs. NKU and struck out two.
• Jackson Alford’s 31 SB’s this year were the 8th-most by an EU player.
HOFSTRA PRIDE (20-27; 14-16 CAA)
• The Pride secured a berth in the CAA Tournament after winning 2-of-3 against rival Stony Brook last week.
• Carlos Martinez fired 8.1 scoreless innings with 7 K’s in a 4-0 win over SBU on Thursday. It was his 7th straight start with at least 7 K’s and he has a 1.52 ERA over his past three starts.
• CJ Griggs belted a pair of homers in the opener vs. SBU and leads the Pride with eight for the season.
• Gabriel Melara drove in four in Friday’s 8-1 victory. He’s batting .323 for the season with a team-high 11 doubles.
• Jackson Bauer came up big out of the pen on Friday, throwing 5.1 shutout innings with 4 K’s to earn the win.
MONMOUTH HAWKS (29-21, 20-10 CAA)
• The Hawks reached their highest win total (29) since 2018 after taking 2-of-3 from N.C. A&T.
• RJ Mustaro batted .545 (6-11) vs. A&T with a double, three homers and seven RBI’s. He was 3-for-4 in Saturday’s 8-7 with two game-tying home runs.
• Kevin Opanel didn’t allow a hit in 2.1 scoreless innings over two relief outings and got the win (5-1) on Saturday.
• Wyatt Hunt had five hits and drove in six runs in the A&T series. He leads the Hawks with a .345 batting average.
• Nick Lovarco pushed his hitting streak to seven games last weekend.
N.C. A&T AGGIES (14-38; 5-25 CAA)
• The Aggies went 1-2 in their season-ending series at Monmouth, scoring four in the 9th for a 10-9 win on Friday.
• JT Taylor belted a 2-run homer and a 3-run homer in Saturday’s 8-7 setback at Monmouth.
• Nick DiCarlo recorded multiple hits in four of his final five games and batted .319 for the season.
• Bruce Wyche led the Aggies in batting (.333) and RBI’s (35) this season. He had a hit in all three games vs. the Hawks.
• Diego Barrett picked up his third win on Friday after allowing just two runs over the final 3.1 innings.
UNCW SEAHAWKS (28-26; 16-14 CAA)
• The Seahawks qualified for their 40th consecutive CAA Tournament despite an 0-4 week vs. #2 UNC and Campbell.
• Trevor Lucas smacked a pair of solo homers vs. UNC and went 2-for-4 with a homer and 4 RBI’s in the opener vs. Campbell. His 12 HR’s and 54 RBI’s for the season lead the team.
• Jake Bechtel hit a grand slam in the opener vs. CU, which was his 9th HR.
• JP Pennella provided four hits in the first two games vs. CU and is batting .373
• TJ Ziermann held Campbell to two runs in a season-long 4.1 innings of relief on Friday and struck out four.
NORTHEASTERN HUSKIES (34-19; 22-8 CAA)
• The Huskies clinched the North Division by winning 2-of-3 at Towson last week.
• Robbie O’Connor threw a complete-game, 3-hit shutout in a 7-0 win over TU on Thursday. He improved to 9-1 for the year.
• Ryan Gerety batted .462 in the Towson series, including going 3-for-4 with a homer and five RBI’s in the finale.
• Matt Brinker was 3-for-4 with 3 RBI’s in Friday’s 8-7 win, highlighted by a 9th-inning homer that snapped a tie game.
• Andrew Rogovic didn’t allow a hit over 2.2 scoreless innings and struck out four to pick up the win on Friday.
STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES (21-30; 13-17 CAA)
• The Seawolves rolled past Hofstra, 23-0, on Saturday to pick up a win in the final game of their series with Hofstra.
• Chanz Doughty batted .462 (6-13) in the HU series, tallying a homer and three RBI’s on Saturday. He closed the year on a 12-game hitting streak.
• Nicholas Dromboski drove in four runs, while Nick Zampieron and James Schaffer added 3 RBI’s in Saturday’s win.
• Dylan Henshaw didn’t allow a hit over the first 4.0 innings on Saturday as three SBU hurlers combined on a 1-hitter.
• SBU set a program record with 16 second-inning runs on Saturday.
TOWSON TIGERS (22-32; 9-21 CAA)
• The Tigers homered six times in a 14-10 victory over Northeastern in their season finale.
• Max D’Alessandro was 3-for-6 with two homers and six RBI’s in the victory. He had 9 HR’s and 31 RBI’s for the year.
• Brian Heckelman hit his 30th career homer on Saturday, moving into the top 10 on Towson’s career list. He led the Tigers with 12 HR’s this season.
• Brady Nathison was 2-for-5 with a homer and four RBI’s on Friday and batted a team-best .348 for the year.
• Ryder Jeske held NU to one run over 3.2 innings on Friday and fanned four.
WILLIAM & MARY TRIBE (21-32; 12-18 CAA)
• The Tribe closed the year with road losses to Duke and Charleston.
• Jamie Laskofski homered twice and drove in three at CofC on Friday. He led the Tribe in batting (.355), HR’s (13), RBI’s (45) and SB’s (36) for the year.
• Sam Kaczmarek was 6-for-8 with a homer and three runs scored over the final two games of the CofC series. He batted .316 in his rookie campaign.
• Charlie Iriotakis was 3-for-3 with a pair of triples and 2 RBI’s at Duke.
• Jack Weight held CofC scoreless for four frames on Thursday as part of a 5.1-inning outing.